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The Carpetbagger: A Puppet Dog Wants Some Respect
The Oscar race is so drama-free today that the Bagger has been resorting to novelty news.
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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog wants his Golden Collar Award: Calls his competition 'fixed'
Once Martin Scorsese successfully lobbied to get Blackie, the Doberman from Hugo , on the ballot for the clearly prestigious Golden Collar Award , you knew it was just a matter of time before other press-hounds instituted their own publicity campaigns.
Celebrity birthdays for Feb. 7
Actor Miguel Ferrer is 57. Saxophonist Brian Travers of UB40 is 53. Comedian Robert Smigel is 52.
The 6th Floor Blog: The Big Profile: John Mulaney
In the post-Al Franken, post-Robert Smigel, post-Tina Fey era of "Saturday Night Live," it is perhaps only its nerdiest and most obsessive viewers who have a favorite writer on that NBC late-night sketch show.
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